Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a
Tony Award-winning
Chicago theatre company founded in 1974 by
Gary Sinise,
Terry Kinney,
Jeff Perry, and H.E. Baccus in the Unitarian church on Half Day Road in
Deerfield. It has since relocated to Chicago's Halsted Street, in the
Lincoln Park neighborhood. Its name comes from the
Hermann Hesse novel. Martha Lavey, long-time ensemble member, has been artistic director since 1995. David Hawkanson, executive director since 2003, retired in January 2015 and managing director David Schmitz has taken the administrative reins.